>> early on, when washington was being billed, they actually mentioned there should be a hall of justice for the supreme court, but it was never built. using the capital for storage, there was no conference room there. they met on wednesdays, when the senate did not meet, to discuss cases. and justices worked out of their homes. they would have messengers who would go from one justices house to another house with a draft of opinions. i think sometimes that if any of those justices have known that sometimes the messengers were just riding the streetcar, if they have lost the case, that had gotten out, somebody could have made a killing on the stock market knowing what the court was going to do in advance. but that never happened. and some of the justices were happy with that arrangement. they could come to the capital when a case was being heard. >> taft himself, it sounds like there was resistance to getting a supreme court building built itself. did it take someone might him, -- like him, or could anybody have got in that building off the ground? >> i do not know if someone else could h